Parents of the Year

Written by Dallin: "My mom and dad love me. And they clean."

I guess that pretty much says it all...

Tuscany's Got Talent

So does your ward have:

A Bishopric that can sing, play the accordion and the trombone?

Mama Mia Maids that are "Dancing Queens"?

A Laurel class president that can sing like she should be on American Idol?

Laurels who can move just like Beyonce's "Single Ladies"?

And a deacon's quorum with dads brave enough to perform an interpretive ballet to "Titanic"?

No? Too bad.

Great job Tuscany YM & YW, you've definitely got talent!

Introducing...

The two newest members of our family (names still to be determined....in the running: Ginger, Hazel, Autumn, Pumpkin, Cinnamon, Butterscotch. Any other suggestions?)

Living so close to empty fields we are starting to have a little mouse problem, so before I freak out at the first one that makes it into the house we thought we would be proactive. Friends in the ward had a few kitties to give away and I fell in love immediately. They're going to just stay in the garage and be outside considering most of us have allergies.

Mark and I brought them home and completely surprised the kids. Mallory is especially smitten since she's our total animal lover. I originally thought we'd only take one, but how could you separate these two sweet sisters? You should see the way they snuggle down together, too cute for words. (Reminds me of how I found the boys asleep the other night: both huddled on the floor, sharing Brady's small baby blanket. Wish I would have snapped a picture!) In our family everybody needs a buddy.

White Shirts

Getting ready for church this morning...

Ready to Ride

Brady and I have been enjoying going on bike rides around the neighborhood. The other day I noticed that his training wheels were hardly even touching the ground and when I told him that he said, "I don't know why, but all of a sudden I can balance." I suggested he have Dad take off the wheels when he got home.

About a half hour later Brady comes in and says he wants to show me something. I go outside and he takes off across the driveway on his bike...without training wheels! He had gone in the garage, found his little tool kit and taken them off by himself with his wrench.

I couldn't believe it! No parent running behind trying to balance the seat, no wobbly tries, he can now completely ride his bike by himself.

He was so proud of himself and had to surprise each member of the family as they came home. I'm not sure how Dallin felt about it since he just learned to ride a few months ago!

Good job buddy!

I have a crush and I don't care who knows it...

I have loved this guy since the very first and yes, I let out a huge cheer when he made it to the finals last night. I'm not sure how Mark feels about it, but considering his infatuation with Carrie Underwood I think it's only fair. Yes, Kris is cute, but I really love his voice and his guitar/ piano/ viola!?! (according to my internet research) playing and his song writing. And he's married and a Christian. Am I crazy to think Kris has a chance of beating freaky Adam? My thoughts are that all the Danny Gokey voters will now vote for Kris instead of Adam. Right? Let's hope. I'll definitely be hitting redial a lot next Tuesday night (and we haven't voted in the finals since, you know, Mark's girlfriend Carrie Underwood was in them.)

Irresistable

Can you guess Brady's new favorite word?

Conversation from yesterday:
"Mom, there are ladybugs all over one of the trees at school. I just couldn't RESIST them, they were so AWE-SOME!"

Conversation from today:
"Brady, why did you let the bus driver drive away this morning when Dallin wasn't on the bus yet?"
"It was just too HI-LAR-I-OUS, I couldn't RESIST!"

Yeah, we can't resist you either, even when you are being a stinker.